5 Clergy Speak Out for Affordable Housing in F.C.

 An outpouring of local clergy support for a plan to build 174 affordable housing units on land adjacent to the planned City Center in downtown Falls Church was exhibited at Monday’s F.C. City Council meeting. The proponents said they chose Monday’s meeting to speak out because the next Council meeting is expected to be dominated by a different issue. The Rev. Mochel Morris of the Christ Crossman Methodist Church led off, followed by the Rev. James Baucum of the Columbia Baptist Church and the Rev. Clyde Yeltson of the Galloway United Methodist Church. Also present in support, but not speaking, were the Rev. Nicholas Lubelfeld and Nar Taing of the Falls Church Anglican Church. Falls Church Housing Corporation (FCHC) Board Chair Steve Rogers, and Vice Chair Bob Wilden, Homestretch Executive Director Christopher Fay and citizens Kathy Kleinman and Joyce Berg also spoke in favor of the project, based on a proposed alliance between the FCHC and Homestretch, with Atlantic Realty, builders of the new City Center, as the developer. The City Council will begin considering the special exceptions required for the project at its May 27 meeting.

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